Districts should be drawn so that they respect geographic and historic borders to the fullest extent possible.

The Croats, on the other hand, are trying to secure their republic's historic borders against a real danger.

It lies in County Durham and within the historic borders of Yorkshire.

The new county regained its historic border with Herefordshire, which was now a Unitary Authority.

The strategic goal is the liberation of Palestine from the occupation, within its historic borders.

Croatia's Government supports Bosnia's legally elected government, historic international borders and territorial integrity.

The document claims "millenary history" and "uninterrupted statehood" within historic and ethnic borders.

Within the new canton, historic borders and traditional rights were not considered.

The newer district of SoHo has since encroached on the Village's historic border.

It lies within the historic borders of Lancashire.